..“ was all he could come up with before he saw that cute, exhausted smile he liked so much distort her face. Then she was back close to him, in his...arms with her firm breasts pressing against his chest as if there wasn‘t a thick leather jacket between them.„Yes, me too. I need you tonight, come in.“That was all they spoke for the next minutes, but there was no silence with their eyes and lips doing the talking. Part of him wanted to let go of her, undress and get naked already, the rest just. Jennifer moved like a queen through the throng of staff and appointees. It seemed like Sam invited his entire administration to be with him as he made his retirement official. Just thinking of losing his leadership and intelligence caused a pain in my stomach. The Cabinet was inside the big ball room, awaiting Sam’s entrance and I stayed far away from that area so no one could accuse me of attempting to steal his spotlight, jumping the gun, or failing to give Sam the space he needed to stand. ” I said, “Is she?”“She’s fine, sit up and look.”I did and saw her sat further along the bar. She looked exhausted but she managed to smile at me.Miranda came over and gave me a drink which I downed in one, then coughed. It was a very strong G&T.Well done Georgia, you lasted longer than a lot of girls do. Did you enjoy yourself?I laughed the replied,“What do you think?”“Good, perhaps you would like to come again sometime?”“Tomorrow?” I replied.“I like you.” Miranda said, “Celeste will let you. Small conversations broke out all over the room, as people spoke about the expected Christmas bonuses (now referred to politely as “Holiday Bonuses” so as not to piss off the woman from Seattle who was in charge of marketing).These bonuses were an incentive to be happy in the workplace to most of the workforce at Maston Enterprises. But, for eight people, the bonuses were larger than usual. For six of the eight, they were “going-away” checks; for the other two, they were incentives to keep.